Club chairman John McIntyre resigns, severing 30-year connection to the club.

Canberra signs Ricky Stuart as head coach for 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons.

Stuart, speaking at Canberra HQ to confirm his new three-year deal, said there needs to be a change in the culture around the club and the league in regards to disciplinary issues.

The Raiders faced a host of off-field dramas this season - from Josh Dugan's rooftop drinking session and eventual departure to Blake Ferguson's multiple indiscretions culminating in the representative centre going AWOL.

And the premiership-winning coach says a league-wide approach is needed to properly deal with the repeated indiscretions.

"On behalf of all the NRL clubs, I think it's important that if there are those disciplinary problems in regards to players, you don't want to see them playing against you next weekend," Stuart told reporters.

"And it makes it very difficult for clubs to stand strong on what we're trying to create in the NRL and that's a responsibility of our own actions on and off the field.

"So there is a place there for clubs in the NRL to work closely together."

Five of the six clubs still in the hunt for the NRL premiership have all had relatively controversy-free seasons and that is no coincidence according to Stuart.

"I think the best teams are left but they've all had not a lot of dramas, outside the Sharks who are doing exceptionally well in regards to what they've had to put up with this year," he said

"It's healthy towards your future success, trying to eliminate as much as you can in regards to off-field drams and discipline problems and that's important for all of us to buy into."

Stuart won a premiership with the Roosters in 2002 but since then it has been a lean run including only one trip to the finals in his last seven seasons as a head coach.

Despite his poor recent record, including this year's disastrous five-win season with Parramatta, Stuart says he is not feeling any more pressure than any new coach does.

"You can take over any football team and there's pressure on the head coach," he said.

"I'll just be doing everything I possibly can to make my time successful.

"Like I do at every other joint, I'll be putting in a lot of work and a lot of time and it's a matter of all of us buying into the values and the culture we want to set."

Incoming Raiders chairman Allan Hawke said Stuart's questionable coaching record was not a concern, citing his playing career as evidence of his ability as a coach.

Stuart said Dean Pay, his former assistant at the Eels, was in talks with Parramatta chairman Steve Sharp about also coming to the Raiders.

Another Eels assistant, Matt Parish, is also a candidate to come over and current Canberra deputy Brett Kimmorley was welcome to stay if he wished according to Stuart.